Network Support
UK

The median Network Support salary in the UK is £42,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 808 879 1153
Rank change year-on-year +71 +274 -320
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Support 82 98 91
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.082% 0.099% 0.057%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.087% 0.11% 0.059%
Number of salaries quoted 73 63 74
10th Percentile £27,850 £27,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,400 £30,000 £28,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £37,000 £38,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.86% -3.90% +6.21%
75th Percentile £52,500 £45,500 £50,469
90th Percentile £54,500 £51,150 £57,625
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £35,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +21.43% -12.50% +14.29%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 94,593 90,744 154,424
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.69% 91.51% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67,603 57,335 84,442
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,521
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Network Support
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Network Support in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Network Support in the UK

Network Support
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Network Support.

Salary trend for Network Support in the UK

Network Support
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Support over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Network Support in the UK

Network Support
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Support within the UK over the 6 months to 18 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +75 76 £42,500 +14.86% 28
UK excluding London -32 70 £42,500 +21.43% 24
South East -1 24 £50,000 +44.93% 7
North of England +54 23 £40,000 +11.11% 9
North West +22 21 £40,000 - 5
South West -23 12 £50,000 +33.33% 1
London +98 8 £45,000 +9.76% 5
West Midlands +7 8 £40,000 -5.88% 6
Midlands -14 8 £40,000 -5.88% 7
Work from Home +57 2 £28,750 -22.82% 6
East of England +3 2 £38,500 +40.00%
Scotland - 2 £39,500 -
Yorkshire +69 1 - - 4
North East -7 1 £29,000 -19.44%

Network Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 18 May 2024, Network Support job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Network Support in the job title.

1 49 (59.76%) Cisco
2 37 (45.12%) Firewall
3 35 (42.68%) Cisco Certification
4 32 (39.02%) Juniper
5 28 (34.15%) OSPF
6 27 (32.93%) VPN
7 26 (31.71%) CCNA
7 26 (31.71%) BGP
8 23 (28.05%) Wireless
9 22 (26.83%) DHCP
10 21 (25.61%) Fortinet
10 21 (25.61%) Security Cleared
11 20 (24.39%) WAN
11 20 (24.39%) Social Skills
12 18 (21.95%) Microsoft
12 18 (21.95%) Internet
13 17 (20.73%) TCP/IP
13 17 (20.73%) LAN
13 17 (20.73%) VLAN
13 17 (20.73%) Customer Service
14 15 (18.29%) MPLS
14 15 (18.29%) Windows
15 14 (17.07%) Ethernet
15 14 (17.07%) ITIL
15 14 (17.07%) VMware
15 14 (17.07%) VMware Infrastructure
15 14 (17.07%) Azure
15 14 (17.07%) Cisco Nexus
16 13 (15.85%) 802.1X
16 13 (15.85%) JNCIA

Network Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 6 (7.32%) SharePoint
2 4 (4.88%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (6.10%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 14 (17.07%) Azure
2 10 (12.20%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (7.32%) Entra ID
4 4 (4.88%) AWS
4 4 (4.88%) IaaS
5 3 (3.66%) SaaS
6 2 (2.44%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (2.44%) OneDrive
7 1 (1.22%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 37 (45.12%) Firewall
2 28 (34.15%) OSPF
3 27 (32.93%) VPN
4 26 (31.71%) BGP
5 23 (28.05%) Wireless
6 22 (26.83%) DHCP
7 20 (24.39%) WAN
8 18 (21.95%) Internet
9 17 (20.73%) LAN
9 17 (20.73%) TCP/IP
9 17 (20.73%) VLAN
10 15 (18.29%) MPLS
11 14 (17.07%) Cisco Nexus
11 14 (17.07%) Ethernet
12 13 (15.85%) IPsec
13 12 (14.63%) DNS
13 12 (14.63%) Wi-Fi
14 11 (13.41%) DSL
14 11 (13.41%) Spanning Tree
15 10 (12.20%) Cisco Firepower
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (9.76%) SQL Server
2 3 (3.66%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 2 (2.44%) Hudson
General
1 20 (24.39%) Social Skills
2 9 (10.98%) Telecoms
3 4 (4.88%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (3.66%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (3.66%) Electronics
5 2 (2.44%) Law
5 2 (2.44%) Manufacturing
5 2 (2.44%) Military
5 2 (2.44%) Retail
6 1 (1.22%) Automotive
6 1 (1.22%) Banking
6 1 (1.22%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (15.85%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 6 (7.32%) Data Centre
2 4 (4.88%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (4.88%) IPTV
2 4 (4.88%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (3.66%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.44%) Digital Signage
5 1 (1.22%) Replication
5 1 (1.22%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 15 (18.29%) Windows
2 12 (14.63%) Windows Server
3 8 (9.76%) Linux
4 7 (8.54%) Windows 10
5 6 (7.32%) Windows Server 2012
6 5 (6.10%) VyOS
7 3 (3.66%) Mac OS X
7 3 (3.66%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (3.66%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (2.44%) Windows 7
9 1 (1.22%) Mac OS
9 1 (1.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (1.22%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (20.73%) Customer Service
2 14 (17.07%) ITIL
3 11 (13.41%) Network Monitoring
3 11 (13.41%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (9.76%) Change Management
5 6 (7.32%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 6 (7.32%) Kalman Filter
6 5 (6.10%) Agile
6 5 (6.10%) Project Delivery
7 4 (4.88%) ITSM
7 4 (4.88%) Knowledge Transfer
7 4 (4.88%) Patch Management
7 4 (4.88%) Vulnerability Management
8 3 (3.66%) Antivirus Management
8 3 (3.66%) Customer Requirements
8 3 (3.66%) Infrastructure as Code
8 3 (3.66%) Infrastructure Automation
8 3 (3.66%) Mentoring
8 3 (3.66%) Software Deployment
8 3 (3.66%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.22%) Bash
1 1 (1.22%) PowerShell
1 1 (1.22%) Python
1 1 (1.22%) SQL
Qualifications
1 35 (42.68%) Cisco Certification
2 26 (31.71%) CCNA
3 21 (25.61%) Security Cleared
4 13 (15.85%) JNCIA
5 10 (12.20%) CCNP
6 8 (9.76%) DV Cleared
6 8 (9.76%) SC Cleared
7 4 (4.88%) Azure Certification
7 4 (4.88%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (3.66%) Degree
8 3 (3.66%) Network+ Certification
9 2 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (1.22%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (1.22%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.44%) GDPR
System Software
1 14 (17.07%) VMware Infrastructure
2 11 (13.41%) Hyper-V
3 9 (10.98%) Active Directory
4 5 (6.10%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (3.66%) Dell DRAC
1 3 (3.66%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (2.44%) SCCM
3 1 (1.22%) FortiGate
3 1 (1.22%) McAfee ePO
3 1 (1.22%) Nessus
3 1 (1.22%) WSUS
Vendors
1 49 (59.76%) Cisco
2 32 (39.02%) Juniper
3 21 (25.61%) Fortinet
4 18 (21.95%) Microsoft
5 14 (17.07%) VMware
6 11 (13.41%) Citrix
6 11 (13.41%) Nokia
6 11 (13.41%) Ruckus Wireless
7 9 (10.98%) F5
8 8 (9.76%) SolarWinds
9 7 (8.54%) Meraki
10 5 (6.10%) Acronis
10 5 (6.10%) Palo Alto
10 5 (6.10%) Vyatta
11 3 (3.66%) Aruba
11 3 (3.66%) Veeam
12 2 (2.44%) ConnectWise
12 2 (2.44%) Draytek
12 2 (2.44%) WatchGuard
12 2 (2.44%) Zscaler